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Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2

Note 2 — 1800.

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Venus Chiding Cupid, executed for Lord Yarborough. 'Nollekens was so provoked by an accident which happened to one of his figures during the Exhibition at Somerset House, that he threatened F. M. Newton, the Secretary, who made light of the affair, should this Venus be in any way injured, to break every bone in his skin.'—Nollekens and his Times, by John Thomas Smith.

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